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Known for these resultsRole53%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 53% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio90%Bio coverage: 90% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company34%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 34% of these rows have at least one match.School36%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 36% of these rows have at least one match.
- Andrew TranFounder/CTO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Rick GaoFounder/CEO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Tony LiFounder/COO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Brandon Ong@bdono_Founder/CEO · Hebbian RoboticsS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Kingston Kuan@kstonekuanFounder/CTO · Hebbian RoboticsS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Gabriel Noya@gabrielnoya7Founder/CEO · LyonS26B2B · San Francisco
- Saurav Kumar@sauravmlFounder/CEO · FleetlineS25B2B · New York
- Veer JunejaFounder/COO · FleetlineS25B2B · New York
- Jorge Guerra@jorgeguerrajrFounder/CEO · LotasS25B2B · San Francisco
- William NickolsFounder/CTO · LotasS25B2B · San Francisco
- David ZhuFounder · PercivalX25B2B · San Francisco
- Kevin BiFounder · PercivalX25B2B · San Francisco
- Vaibhav Dubey@VaibhavMDubeyFounder/CEO · PlexeX25B2B · London
- Derrick Cheng@dowithderrickFounder · Overstand LabsW25B2B · New York
- Mihir PatilFounder/CTO · Overstand LabsW25B2B · New York
- Achyuta IyengarFounder/CEO · Mica AIS24B2B · San Francisco
- Bharadwaj SwaminathanFounder/Head of Eng · Mica AIS24B2B · San Francisco
- Sreejith Puthanpurayil@ppsreejith_Founder · MinusXS24B2B · San Francisco
- Vivek Aithal@nuwandavekFounder/CEO · MinusXS24B2B · San Francisco
- Brian ModelFounder/CTO · Thunder ComputeS24B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Andrew TranAlkera AIFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Rick GaoAlkera AIFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Tony LiAlkera AIFounder/COOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Brandon OngHebbian RoboticsFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/bdono_Kingston KuanHebbian RoboticsFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/kstonekuanGabriel NoyaLyonFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/gabrielnoya7Saurav KumarFleetlineFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BNew York, United States11https://x.com/sauravmlVeer JunejaFleetlineFounder/COOSummer 2025B2BNew York, United States11—Jorge GuerraLotasFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/jorgeguerrajrWilliam NickolsLotasFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—David ZhuPercivalFounderSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Kevin BiPercivalFounderSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Vaibhav DubeyPlexeFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BLondon, United Kingdom2https://x.com/VaibhavMDubeyDerrick ChengOverstand LabsFounderWinter 2025B2BNew York, United States4https://x.com/dowithderrickMihir PatilOverstand LabsFounder/CTOWinter 2025B2BNew York, United States4—Achyuta IyengarMica AIFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Bharadwaj SwaminathanMica AIFounder/Head of EngSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Sreejith PuthanpurayilMinusXFounderSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/ppsreejith_Vivek AithalMinusXFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/nuwandavekBrian ModelThunder ComputeFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States9—
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Andrew Tran
Founder/CTO·Alkera AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size3
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder at Alkera AI, Inc. Prev SWE intern at Ramp and HRT working closely with data teams. CS B.S/M.S from Yale. Prev ML research at Yale's Gerstein Lab developing biology reasoning models.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Alkera AIReliable and safe data engineering and data science agents
